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To expand its GPT capabilities, OpenAI released its long-anticipated o1 model, in addition to a smaller, cheaper o1-mini version. Previously known as Strawberry, the company says these releases can "reason through complex tasks and solve harder problems than previous models in science, coding, and math." Although it's still a preview, OpenAI states this is the first of this series in ChatGPT and on its API, with more to come. The company says these models have been training to "spend more time thinking through problems before they respond, much like a person would. Through training, they learn to refine their thinking process, try different strategies, and recognize their mistakes." What makes this new o1 model impressive is that, according to OpenAi, this next model update performs similarly to PhD students on challenging benchmark tasks in physics, chemistry, and biology. It even excels in math and coding. In a qualifying exam for the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO), GPT-4o correctly solved only 13% of problems, while the reasoning model scored 83%. Still, as an early model, OpenAI says it doesn't have many of the features that make ChatGPT useful, like browsing the web and uploading files and images. For these use cases, the company still recommends GPT-4o. However, for complex reasoning tasks, OpenAi believes it represents a "significant advancement and a new level of AI capability.  OpenAI says the o1 model is available for ChatGPT Plus and Team users today. The new models can be selected manually in the model picker. At launch, weekly rate limits will be 30 messages for 01-preview and 50 for o1-mini. ChatGPT Enterprise and Edu will get access to both models starting next week. In the future, the company wants to make 01-mini available to all ChatGPT users. BGR will keep following OpenAI's latest AI advancements. Don't Miss: Rumors of a crazy $2,000 ChatGPT plan could mean GPT-5 is coming soon The post OpenAI releases new o1 AI, its first model capable of reasoning appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Best deals: Tech, laptops, TVs, and more sales Today’s deals: $100 off Sihoo Doro C300 Pro office chair, Rare Nintendo Switch OLED sale, Anker chargers, more Today’s deals: $40 Sony headphones, $50 Ninja blender, $140 AirPods 3, $60 foldable camera drone, more Today’s deals: $689 Apple Watch Ultra 2, $40 cordless Waterpik, $305 Lenovo IdeaPad 1 laptop, more

Analysis of ancient DNA has provided more evidence to upend the long-standing theory that Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, experienced a "self-inflicted population collapse." For years, scholars believed the island’s population crashed in the 1600s due to deforestation, overexploitation of resources, and internal conflict, all before Europeans made contact in the 1700s. The new study posits that this collapse may never have happened, but rather was halted by Peruvian slave raids and subsequent epidemics brought about by European colonial activity in the 1860s. This adds to a study earlier this year which came to similar conclusions based on different evidence. The Return of the Moai: Rapa Nui and the Fight for its Ancestors Study Challenges Popular Idea That Easter Islanders Committed ‘Ecocide’ Genetic Evidence: Painting a Very Different Picture "In just a few centuries, the people of Easter Island wiped out their forest, drove their plants and animals to extinction, and saw their complex society spiral into chaos and cannibalism." This historical misnomer was published by Jared Diamond in his 2005 bestseller, ‘Collapse’, but it turns out that this cautionary tale was very much fictional. Read moreSection: NewsHistory & ArchaeologyAncient PlacesAustralia & OceaniaRead Later 

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